Stewart Stremler wrote:
I shouldn't have to set up an emulator because some programmer decided
that his program would always write to and/or read from some hard-coded
path, or be able to hit some machine on the network to parse a config
file. A functional test can be Just Fine for some programs.
True. Spending half a day to set things up because of stupid code is
uncool.
However, my problem is that too many people assume that coding and
testing should always be easy. This is just not the case.
*I* realize that you are venting. However, people with less experience
may not.
I don't have any problem with it. It gives me lots of opportunity to
air things as well.
How about I shoot the programmer responsible for the monstrosity in the
head? Far more satisfying, and it would make the world a better place, too.
Okay, now this is a solution I can agree with ...
No one said development was always easy.
That's a cop-out. No one said that it was okay to make it more
difficult that it has to be, either.
Quite true. Avoid premature pessimization.
It's a sign that self-important egotistical geniuses are more
concerned with showing off how smart they are than in doing their
job. Sure, development won't always be easy... but that's no
excuse for going around and making it difficult, either.
Agreed. It takes a good senior person to beat the cleverness out of a
junior person. However, this is true whether the topic is engineering
or programming.
-a
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